American banking system still backing over $13 trillion in assets with a negative deposit insurance fund. 7,760 banks but 19 banks make up 50 percent

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By Blake Ellis Are you prepared to live on $190 a month when you retire? For most Americans in their 50s, that’s all the personal

Information has never been so free. Even in authoritarian countries information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable. ~ US

Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs), making

By Joel Salatin American farmer Joel Salatin, the star of the documentary Food Inc, has become a “pin up boy” for the growing food “re-localisation”

By Luke Harding Russia has suggested that Julian Assange should be awarded the Nobel peace prize, in an unexpected show of support from Moscow for

I hope they catch that WikiLeaks guy. I hope they catch him and prosecute him  for all its worth. I hope they, legally speaking, throttle

By Paul Brodsky In practical terms, we can’t lower rates below zero and we can’t raise them. What about debt-focused quantitative easing? That won’t work

Long Slide Into The Red By Bruce Krasting The full year results for the SS Trust Fund can now be estimated fairly accurately from preliminary

By Caroline Davies and Sam Jones WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody today after appearing in court on an extradition warrant. The 39-year-old

This Morning Dollar Cross Rates: – – –Swiss Franc 1.02270 – –Canadian Dollar 1.00368 – –Australian Dollar 1.00598

By Carrie Budoff Brown President Barack Obama announced an agreement with congressional Republicans Monday night to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans for

By Carrie Budoff Brown President Barack Obama announced an agreement with congressional Republicans Monday night to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans for

At the current inflation and tax rates, the after-tax return on toilet paper should outperform money markets by a factor of ten times or better

By Courtney Comstock The Justice Department is now announcing the details of their latest crackdown on fraud schemes like market manipulation and ponzi schemes. The

Business and Professional Association looks for ways to expand effort this year. By Mike DiCicco Locally owned, “mom-and-pop” businesses are what determine much of a

Business and Professional Association looks for ways to expand effort this year. By Mike DiCicco Locally owned, “mom-and-pop” businesses are what determine much of a

By Matthew Weaver The Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University are investigating the yellowing of upward of 40,000 acres of wheat in Umatilla

Julian Assange: Aspects of the Chinese government, Chinese Public Security Service, appear to be terrified of free speech, and while one might say that means

Julian Assange: Aspects of the Chinese government, Chinese Public Security Service, appear to be terrified of free speech, and while one might say that means

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Pelley: The gap between rich and poor in this country has never been greater. In fact, we have the biggest income disparity gap of any

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By Tony Pugh As Americans continue to lose their homes in record numbers, the Federal Reserve is considering making it much harder for homeowners to

By Michael Pollaro As of 2nd quarter June 2010, the Federal Reserve held 25.7% of the U.S. government’s public held debt outstanding, up from 15.1%

By Laura Rowley Kelli Space, 23, graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with a bachelor’s in sociology — and a whopping $200,000 in student loan

By Sen. Bernie Sanders At a Senate Budget Committee hearing in 2009, I asked Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to tell the American people the names

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By Tyler Durden Madoff trustee charges JP Morgan with “Enabling” massive fraud; $1 billion in profits and $5.4 billion in damages sought to be recovered.

By Tyler Durden Madoff trustee charges JP Morgan with “Enabling” massive fraud; $1 billion in profits and $5.4 billion in damages sought to be recovered.

By John Stanton A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because

By Stephen Ohlemacher The Senate on Monday rejected an effort to reduce tax-related paperwork for businesses when lawmakers couldn’t agree on whether they would make

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Big Sis forced to mothball invasive security measures, as Drudge once again confounds establishment media doubters who belittled his influence. By Paul Joseph Watson &

By Dr. Russell Blaylock Dr. Russell Blaylock is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, lecturer, and editor of The Blaylock Wellness Report. The

An exciting announcement from Dr. Edwin Vieria: Thanks to the generous support of James Turk and the GoldMoney Foundation, Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers

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Click for larger image… By Ben Sisario In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music

The Mercedes-Benz BIOME symbiosis vehicle is made from an ultralight material called BioFibre and tips the scales at just 875.5 lbs (around 394 kg). This

By Reg Howe On November 16, 2010, the Bank for International Settlements released its regular semi-annual report on the over-the-counter derivatives of major banks and

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By Guest Blogger, Kimberly Usher Food monopolies are poisoning our Good Earth food by over-spraying pesticides, which contaminates our food, and our bodies. Pesticides can

By Brett Arends This will be the fourth holiday season of the great slump, and for many it isn’t getting any easier. Times are tough.

By Robert Penn Warren Long ago, in Kentucky, I, a boy, stood By a dirt road, in first dark, and heard The great geese hoot

The amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died. Intensive care specialists were all set to pull

Is the bailout of Ireland really a bailout, or is it instead an economic hit designed to harvest the assets of Ireland at rock bottom

All deciduous trees in the Western world are affected. By René Schoemaker Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth,

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By David Williams NATO leaders will launch a new Europe-wide ballistic missile shield at a Lisbon summit but will not openly identify Iran as a

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In letters to members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the AICPA on Nov. 16 expressed its concerns about the compliance burdens being

By Adam Davidson GM has no confidence in its own financial reports. The company says that “our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control

By Daniel Tencer A bill giving the government the power to shut down Web sites that host materials that infringe copyright is making its way

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By Mark Finnern The evening’s Tweets First of all Catherine Austin Fitts is just an amazing person. When I ask myself:  “Whom would you like

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[IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM A SOLARI REPORT SUBSCRIBER] By David Liechty To obtain radioactive Uranium 235, Manhattan Project engineers created large devices called

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QUESTIONS FROM SOLARI REPORT SUBSCRIBERS: “The US Treasury ‘home-office’ is actually located in Puerto Rico and is not a US agency. Looking in 27 CFR

By Eileen Reynolds For chocolate lovers and Roald Dahl fans, some heartening news: Willy Wonka’s factory—or, at least, something that sounds very much like it—was

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The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same tuition

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By Natasha Singer What happens in our brains when we watch a compelling TV commercial? For one thing, certain brain waves that correlate with heightened

US Airline Pilots Association Letter to Pilots November 8, 2010 Fellow Pilots, The TSA’s rapid deployment of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) screening machines, followed by

By oo@jhu.edu I came across a most interesting mortgage in my law office today – the result of a recent loan modification. The $500,000 loan

By David Morris It’s amazing how many emails I get that start with either, “I might be paranoid” or “My family thinks I’m paranoid.”  The

By Elizabeth Campbell Americans will be paying more for their Thanksgiving turkeys this month after rising feed costs led to reduced output in the U.S.

A wonderful member of our network wore this tee to lunch the other day. I just love it! – Catherine Related reading: Reggie Watts: The

Alan Greenspan: The Banks Robbed You In a rather-stunning admission on Jekyll Island last weekend, Alan Greenspan “outed” what really happened. YouTube Continue reading the

The biggest mortgage securitization trustees are Bank of New York, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, and US Bank. The interesting thing about the American Banker article

World Bank president Robert Zoellick has clarified recent comments about gold. No, the head of the World Bank isn’t advocating a return to the gold

By James Carroll Will the fiscal collapse that has laid bare gross inequalities in the US economic system lead to meaningful reforms toward a more

Curious about what goes on inside an “alleged” robosigning operation? A Florida law firm has posted a video on YouTube that might interest you. Continue

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Lacking Oversight, Wall Street Titans Charge Property Owners Steep Fees – and Can Seize Homes By Fred Schulte and Ben Protess Nearly a dozen major

What would you do with $11,255,272? By Patricia Brooks They won $11.2 million from a lottery ticket in July. And now every penny is gone.

Leading economies should consider adopting a modified global gold standard to guide currency rates, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said on Monday in a surprise

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Catherine Austin Fitts has an unparalleled perspective on the current banking crisis, having witnessed the corruption in the market during the first Bush and Clinton

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